What does DosPrint do to run a DOS program in Windows and print to an installed printer?

DosPrint is a freeware program that allows you running DOS
programs on modern Windows computers (64 bit too) and printing
to Windows printers (including USB, GDI and PDF virtual
printers) by installing specialist third party programs
specifically designed to solve these common DOS problems.

The DosPrint.exe program checks if your Windows version is 32 bit or 64
bit (in the last case a DOS emulator is needed to
run a DOS program, otherwise Windows itself can
already run it), then it suggests you the best additions for your
specific computer.

At
that point you
just have to accept them or change them with your preferred choices and
click OK -> Start,
then DosPrint will automatically download, install
and configure the programs you selected to run your
DOS applications
and/or print to the already installed Windows printers without
having to manually download, install, and learn how
to configure them (that usually would mean manually editing huge text
files).

Yes, with a couple of
clicks you can have DosPrint making all the job for you in a few
minutes.

When
DosPrint has finished you just
have to:

Open the installed DOS emulator (or the Standard
Windows
Command Prompt if you aren't running a 64-bit Windows version and a DOSBox emulator is not needed)

Run your DOS
program

Print to your Windows printers

Yes,
your DOS program can even print the same printers you're used
to use with Ms-Word or Internet Explorer, including virtual printers,
like PDF writers / e-mailers.

Why do I need additional software to run DOS programs
and print to Windows printers?

Running:

When
running a DOS program on a modern Windows computer you might see a
message like "Unsupported 16-Bit application" or "This
app can't run on your PC", or similar.

That's
because DOS programs are 16 bit while most of newer computers nowadays
are 64 bit, so they cannot natively run a DOS program
without a DOS emulator.

Running:

DOSBox
was originally designed to keep using popular DOS games
on modern 64 bit Windows computers, so it lacks of some important
features for business DOS programs, like parallel
ports (LPT) support for printing (games usually don't need to print).

For
this reason
from that project derived several variants, like DOSBox
MegaBuild 6, DosBox SVN Daum, vDos, vDosPlus
(and others) intended to add missing features to
the original DOSBox emulator and make it functional for business DOS
programs.

So,
with a DOSBox
variant that does support parallel ports you can run the DOS program
and use a DOS compatible
printer (if you still have one) even on the 64 bit machine.

Printing:

If
instead you
only have modern printers installed on your Windows computer (32 or 64
bit), connected to ports that DOS cannot address directly, you can
solve the printing problem by the Printfil
software, that captures the data sent to the LPT or
COM
port by the DOS program and redirects it even to
the USB, GDI, IP, PDF printers on
Windows (physical or virtual).

Printfil
also adds modern functions to DOS printing, like print
preview, background image merging (useful
to print an invoice including the form
that previously was intended to be preprinted by typography for
example), PDF automatic export / e-mailing and
others.

The
additional
programs above are Freeware or Shareware
(this means you don't have to pay to
use them, or you can freely use them for a trial period, then you're
required to pay a registration fee to continue using them) but it may
be hard to decide which are the best ones for your
specific case (do I
really need a DOS emulator for my own computer? - Does
it have to
support LPT ports?, COM ports?, both?), and even once
decided, you've
to learn how to configure them; usually by manually editing
long text
files and see if the changes works by trial and error.

DosPrint does this job for you, by
automatically downloading, installing and configuring the programs
(above)
you've selected to solve your DOS problems.

So,
in a few
minutes you'll solve your DOS problems and print your reports, then you
can relax and eventually study the manuals to fine tune some DOS
parameters qietly.

How do I install / uninstall DosPrint?

DosPrint
doesn't
need to be installed on your machine. Just download
and run it (it's the
single DosPrint.exe program that does the job).

So,
DosPrint doesn't even have to be uninstalled later
on.
Once DosPrint has installed the best additional programs to solve your
DOS problems, you can just
delete the DosPrint.exe program from your machine; it's no
more needed to run your DOS programs and make them printing to Windows
printers.

If
instead you want to uninstall the additional programs
(installed by DosPrint as per your choices), you can do it by their
uninstallation tools in the Windows Start menu and/or by the
"Add/Remove Programs" icon in the Windows Control Panel.
For more info about how to uninstall them please refer to the
documentation installed with those programs and their
websites.

How much does DosPrint.exe cost?

DosPrint is free, both for private and
commercial use. Please see the
License

Depending
which
programs you'll choose to install to solve the Run and/or Print
problems you may
be required to pay those developers a fee for those programs (some of
them are Shareware; please
check the documentation installed with those programs and their
websites once you've found out those that are working
for you), but no fees are required for this DosPrint.exe
program.

Do you offer some kind of support?

DosPrint
is free and provided AS IS, in the hope it may help you. Please see the
License

Since
it doesn't
need to be installed on your machine (simply run the
DosPrint.exe
program) and it doesn't have to be configured (just
select a couple of
choices and click a button), we doubt you'll ever have the need for
support about
DosPrint, however, if you've some question, find a bug, wish to send us some
comment or suggest another DOS emulator to add in DosPrint, you
can use the contact form below: we'll do our best to answer you as soon
as possible.

If instead you've
questions or need support for configuring the preferred DOSBox variant
you've installed, please note we didn't write them ourselves, they're third-party software available on the internet, so, please contact directly their
manufacturers as indicated in the documentation installed with those
programs and their websites.